title: [Listeria monocytogenes agglutinating antibodies in children].
abstract: The AA. relate the results of a serological study on the spreading of listeria infection over the pediatric population of Liguria. The research of agglutinating antibodies for types 1 and 4b of L. monocytogenes in 367 sera gave the following results: -- 195 sera (53,13%) resulted positive, although at low titer (1/40) as a general rule; -- on the whole, agglutinins toward type 1 had considerably higher incidence than toward type 4b ones (57,43% and 5,12% respectively); -- O - antibodies had higher incidence (44,95%) than H - antibodies (22,34%).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000276:immunology*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Anticorpi agglutinanti Listeria monocytogenes in soggetti di eta' pediatrica.